The homemade device exploded in the family kitchen, leaving the mother and both children seriously injured. A Polish appeals court has sentenced a man to life in prison for attempting to murder his former partner and her two children by planting a homemade parcel bomb that seriously injured all three victims, including his own son. The Court of Appeal in Poznań, western Poland, handed down its final judgment on Tuesday, increasing the 37-year-old’s original 25-year sentence. The decision came after the prosecution, a lawyer representing the victim and the defense all appealed the lower court’s ruling. The man, identified only as Błażej K., under Poland’s privacy laws, will be eligible to apply for parole after serving at least 35 years. Bomb left outside family home The attack took place on December 19, 2022, in Siecieborzyce, a village in western Poland. A package resembling a courier delivery was left outside the house where the woman, then 31, lived with her two children and parents. She took the parcel inside, where it exploded as she opened it in the kitchen. The woman sustained serious and permanent injuries, while both children were also badly hurt. Błażej K. was charged with attempting to murder five people using explosives and causing grievous bodily harm to his former partner and her two children, including his own son. The Regional Court in the western city of Zielona Góra found him guilty in March and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
